Carlos Alcaraz will compete at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna later this month after accepting a wild card for the indoor ATP 500 event.

The No. 3 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, Alcaraz will return to Vienna for the first time since 2021. Then aged 18, Alcaraz defeated Andy Murray en route to the semi-finals on tournament debut, before falling to eventual champion Alexander Zverev.

The 23-year-old Alcaraz is 33-5 for the 2026 season, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, after his third-round exit at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Currently third in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, the Spaniard has already qualified for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals.

A titlist at the Australian Open, and in Doha and Tokyo so far in 2026, Alcaraz joins a stacked field in Vienna that also includes his fellow Top-10 stars Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli, Alex de Minaur. Main-draw play at the Wiener Stadthalle runs from 26 October to 1 November.